Riding-saddle



(No Model.)

J. BASSLER.

RIDING SADDLE.

Patented May 2 N. PETERS. Phuln-Lilhogmpluer, wmin wn. 0. CV

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BASSLER, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

RIDING-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,273, dated May 2, 1882,

Application filed March 10, 1882. (X model.)

ments in Saddles, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in saddles; and it consists in an elastic cushion secured to the seat of an ordinary saddle to preventjolting, and in the construction, combination, and arrangementot'the parts, as hereinafter more fully specified. 7

I11 the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a plan view, the cushion being removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective, and Fig. 5 is a detail view in perspective.

A represents a cushion, formed of wool, cotton, or other soft padding material, resting upon the larger part of the convolutions of the springs a a and the connecting-wires b b, and secured thereon by the leather cover d, which covers the springs andis sewed to the leather bottom d. Thelowerends of the spiral springs a a are respectively passed through the metallic base-supports e e and rigidly secured in position by being soldered in vertical orifices provided therein, and these supports are then secured to the bottom d, which is made of sole or other suitable leather or material. The two upper spirals of each springare tied and thus secured together by the wire bandsffa short distance from their upper ends.

b b are stra nds ofwire with which the springs seat is securely held in position by means of the straps s 8, one of which is buckled to the horn of the saddle, as shown in Fig. 4..

By this construction of my riding-saddle I avoid the jar and jolt to which equestrians are ordinarily more or less subjected, and by thus avoiding the greatest discomfort attendant upon horseback riding I very materially enhance the pleasure which it affords;

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, lS

In a cushion for a riding-saddle, thecombination of the springs a, secured by metallic base-supports e, and bottom (1, cushion A, and cover 11, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH BASSLER.

Witnesses:

G. G. REDMOND, H. W. WRIGHT. 

